Saturday, August 18, 2012

Cirque Colors Dark Horse. What can I even say about it? It comes from a collection of twelve shades, but it's so gorgeous that it deserves its own post.

Cirque Dark Horse. This is a clear base packed with microglitter. The main color is black- yes, black!- microglitter, but it's accented with a rainbow of other colors. I don't think it's actually holographic like it appears, I think there's actually rainbow glitter in here. It reminds me of Tahitian moon sand, or crushed coal and diamonds.

The formula on it was good. It's not too thick, not too thin and rather smooth in application for a glitter. It's opaque, too- I'm wearing three coats here and I have no visible nail line. Dry time is fast. The only flaw in the formula is that it absolutely devours topcoat as it dries. I'm wearing two coats of Gelous here, but I find that Redi topcoat over a coat or two of Gelous does a better job of smoothing the glitter than Gelous alone. I'd even go so far as to say that this needs a minimum of three coats of topcoat. It simply won't reach its full sparkle potential (and you won't notice the rainbow glitter) until the surface is totally smooth.

Forget about that $250,000 black diamond polish. Who would need that when you can have this for $12? It's like a rainbow in the dark...

Wow that is gorgeous! If the only downside is that it's hard to get a good shiny topcoat layer, I think I'll deal. That's the most amazing black glitter polish I think I've ever seen. I might buy a bottle for my BFF.

I so glad you posted this swatch. I just placed an order for this one and a few of the others from the collection this last week. You have made me fall in love with this and am excitingly waiting to receive it.You do awesome swatching!!!

I agree with your commentary 100%- I purchased this last week, and I'm so glad I did- it's gorgeous, it makes me feel better after being so frustrated with Butter London's Black Knight- this black glitter wonder is a blessing compared to that one.

I agree with your sentiment 100%- purchased this a week ago and I LOVE it- it makes up for the complete failure in application that Butter London's Black Knight was for me- it's great to see black glitter foremost, but then for it to have dimension- I'm game :)

I like to put on a topcoat of NYC's Matte Me Crazy over glitters, let it dry, then put a regular topcoat on, makes it smooth for a long time. Its the only way I've been able to get Color Club's Holiday Splendor smooth; that is one thirsty glitter :)

Also, lots of people rave about Gelous, but for me, it's never acted like anything other than a normal topcoat.

I like to put on a topcoat of NYC's Matte Me Crazy over glitters, let it dry, then put a regular topcoat on, makes it smooth for a long time. Its the only way I've been able to get Color Club's Holiday Splendor smooth; that is one thirsty glitter :)

Also, lots of people rave about Gelous, but for me, it's never acted like anything other than a normal topcoat.